R. C. Sproul
R. C. Sproul
Robert Charles Sproulis an American Calvinist theologian, author, and pastor. He is the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministriesand can be heard daily on the Renewing Your Mind radio broadcast in the United States and internationally. "Renewing Your Mind with Dr. R.C. Sproul" is also broadcast on Sirius and XM satellite radio. In late July 2012, a new Christian internet radio station called RefNet was also announced by Ligonier Ministries in an effort to reach "as many people as possible"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth13 February 1939
CountryUnited States of America
God's grace is so powerful that it has the capacity to overcome our natural resistance to it.
All that God had to do to harden Pharaoh's heart, or to harden your heart, is to withhold His own grace.
God Himself supplies the necessary condition to come to Jesus, that's why it is 'sola gratia,' by grace alone, that we are saved.
The whole basis for our relationship with God is rooted and grounded in grace, in that which is not earned.
If grace is obligated it is no longer grace. The very essence of grace is that it is undeserved.
Dead men do not cooperate with grace. Unless regeneration takes place first, there is no possibility of faith.
God's grace is not infinite. God is infinite, and God is gracious.
What better evidence could there be of a man's salvation than that he offers to others the grace he himself has received?
We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite.
If you don't know you're in a state of grace, then you're vulnerable to the paralysis of the accusations of the enemy.
God’s grace is not infinite. God is infinite, and God is gracious. We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite. God sets limits to His patience and forbearance. He warns us over and over again that someday the ax will fall and His judgment will be poured out.
Grace, by definition, is something that God is not required to grant. He owes a fallen world no mercy.
But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned. Augustine said it this way: Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.
Grace and mercy are never deserved.